Page 3: Historical Events In March - 13

1855  Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) on March - 13.   

1858  On March - 13 maximilien Luce, French painter   

1859  John Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia on March - 13.   

1859  On this day in history ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)   

1860  On March - 13 the birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer   

1861  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on this day in history.   

1862  On March - 13 vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer   

1865  On March - 13 uS Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service   

1865  On March - 13 jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1868  On March - 13 senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial   

1868  On this day in history senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial   

1869  On March - 13 arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law   

1872  On this day in history oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist   

1875  On March - 13 maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)   

1878  On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on March - 13.   

1879  On March - 13 adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60   

1881  In Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government on this day in history.   

1881  Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer on March - 13.   

1881  On March - 13 alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62   

1883  Enrico Toselli, composer on March - 13.   

1884  On this day in history siege of Khartoum Sudan begins   

1884  On March - 13 the birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist   

1884  On this day in history uS adopts Standard Time   

1884  Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit) on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history in Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional   

1886  Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist on March - 13.   

1887  Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs on this day in history.   

1887  Carlos Isamitt, composer on this day in history.   

1888  Great Blizzard of 1888 rages on March - 13.   

1890  Michael Taube, composer on March - 13.   

1890  On this day in history henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67   

1892  Alec Rowley, composer on March - 13.   

1894  On March - 13 j L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate   

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1372  Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  On this day in history birth of johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint   

1615  On March - 13 birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)   

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on March - 13.   

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on this day in history.   

1700  James Kent, composer was born on March - 13.   

1700  On this day in history birth of michel Blavet, composer   

1202  On March - 13 mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies   

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on this day in history.   

1395  Death of John Barbour, Scottish poet on this day in history.   

1516  On this day in history vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on March - 13.   

1569  Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies on March - 13.   

1573  Death of Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on March - 13.   

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on this day in history.